Satellite imagery from Google Earth and Planet Labs in October reveal ongoing construction and tanker traffic at a facility identified by U.S. intelligence as a likely key drop off point for illicitly obtained oil.

The Nampho oil terminal is the North’s primary above ground storage facility, where the DPRK’s tankers used to offload imported oil products and which also acted as a common refueling point for outward bound cargo ships.

North Korea has been continuing to upgrade the facility in recent years despite sanctions targeting oil transfers to the DPRK. Previous analysis